St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames·TW2 7BB
Composite score
56.9
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#4,875
National rank
#990
In London
#35
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
48 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
131
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
37%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0020231.0220240.9020250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Edmund's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
448
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,733
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, St Edmund's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 448 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Edmund's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 48 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 24.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Edmund's Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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